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Another Resident Evil Movie 'A Possibility'
Posted by Leigh Alexander at 7:20 AM on July 2, 2008
Director Paul W.S. Anderson recently talked to MTV's Movies blog about the likelihood of another Resident Evil movie. It's still being discussed. Hey, they haven't even got the storyline worked out yet (if they'd actually stuck to anything at all resembling the game, that might not be an issue).
I'm just starting to talk to Sony about it," Anderson confessed. "I don't even know if anything will come of it, but there's a possibility it might happen."
The last flick ended on a cliffhanger, as MTV recalls, so another film is likely at some point:
"I love the 'Resident Evil' franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can. If we could find a good 'Resident Evil 4' to make, then we would do it," he said. "But I wouldn't just do it for the sake of it, that's for sure."
Wouldn't do it just for the sake of it, huh? Then salve me by making a Code: Veronica flick, utterly faithful to the game, Ashfords and bug jewels and the whole nine yards. That, I'd go see.
What about you guys? Do you like the RE movies or find them an abomination? What would the "good" Resident Evil film look like?
'Resident Evil 4' Likely, Says Director Paul W.S. Anderson [MTV Movies Blog, Via Multiplayer]

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
scottedgarr
Posted July 2, 2008 10:59 AM
The c*nt ruined the film series.
number one was good.
that is all.
mana-chan
Posted July 29, 2008 10:31 AM
I liked the movies. And it's not just because I'm a Jovovich fan or in love with Oded Fehr. It's because I found the movies entertaining.
And for those of you hard-core gamers, please, enough. Let it be. I think the only reason you don't like these movies is because they aren't some video recording of you playing the fucking game. I mean, okay, I get it, the movies are virtually NOTHING like the games. And I'll admit, I'd like to see a little more game-plot/characters in it, but that doesn't mean the movies sucked.
They're zombie movies people. Go in not expecting too much and you'd probably enjoy it.
dry-roasted-peanuts
Posted 8:16 AM 2/7/08
@NattyIce: 1 had only one redeeming factor: the completely out of the blue beaver shot at the end.
Aside from that, all poop.
dry-roasted-peanuts
Antiterra
Posted 8:16 AM 2/7/08
@Antiterra: *in the evenT
Antiterra
Antiterra
Posted 8:14 AM 2/7/08
1. Only a reboot could make the movie franchise faithful to the game franchise. Otherwise, at this point, it's a lost cause.
And in the even of a fourth movie, a reboot seems highly unlikely, which brings me to:
2. Just ignore the fact that the movies are called "Resident Evil" and that the characters happen to share the exact same names as those of a certain videogame series.
Of course, the best you can hope for is getting over the THEYRUINEDMYGAME! cringe factor. The movies won't suddenly become better.
Antiterra
Fstrike
Posted 8:11 AM 2/7/08
1 - was pretty good for a zombie movie
2 - ok..... WTF.....
3 - .........ummmm.......is this even RE?
Fstrike
Aion
Posted 8:10 AM 2/7/08
The firs was one of the best video game "adaptations" I've seen. It was damn fun. Then 2&3 took a verrrrry steep way downhill. Yeah, there is a limit to how many zombies fit in a box.
Aion
theTOMSTA666
Posted 8:05 AM 2/7/08
Id like to see a Resident eEvil movie thats actually based on the game, that would be nice.
theTOMSTA666
Evil J
Posted 8:04 AM 2/7/08
@fuchikoma:
All I can say about the third one (beyond CHAIRMAN WESKER) is the same routine that Lewis Black did about a SuperBowl halftime show...
I was lucky, because I had a spoon... so I shoved it up my ass... because if I'm going to hurt that bad, by God I'm going to do it to myself!
Evil J
Evil J
Posted 8:03 AM 2/7/08
@archibaldleech:
Are we talking about the same Paul W.S. Anderson? Good is a stretch. I liked Event Horizon, Soldier was OK, but... yeah, good isn't quite the word I'm looking for to describe him. Godawful isn't either, though.
It's true that he only directed the first, but he wrote all of them which, I think, has a bigger impact on the overall quality of the movies. Even the best director (and that's not Anderson) could have salvaged the last two (or Alien versus Predator for that matter) given the scripts involved.
Only thing I can see making a movie RE4 better is for Anderson not to write it, preferably not direct it.
Evil J
summerdrone
Posted 8:03 AM 2/7/08
@cowondinosaur: Personally, I'd say there are much better examples to give than "all of Xenogears" (especially if you've played any Xenosaga instead)...but I digress. The problem with the RE movies remains that they are not only unfaithful adaptations, but also have writing that can't even be considered at least mediocre (not to say that the writing in the RE games is by any stretch masterful, but much better could have been done than what went into these films).
summerdrone
fuchikoma
Posted 8:00 AM 2/7/08
1 - Pretty good for a zombie movie. Nice sound.
2 - OMG that was stupid. My head hurts...
3 - WTF?! Didn't bother watching it.
fuchikoma
JAcK0R
Posted 7:54 AM 2/7/08
Dear God, no!
This was supposed to be the last one! You promised, you assholes! You lied!
JAcK0R
TaggarT6
Posted 7:53 AM 2/7/08
Of course they'll have a 4th film. Anderson just had a child with Milla Jovovich, and hospital bills are expensive.
TaggarT6
parad0x360
Posted 7:52 AM 2/7/08
The first one was decent enough. At the very least it was a step in the right direction for a video game movie. The second movie was alot more campy but still watchable.
I never finished the third one so sooner or later i'll have to go back and watch it again but its gonna be a chore forcing myself to do it so I cant say im waiting for another.
parad0x360
enigma89
Posted 7:52 AM 2/7/08
If they kill Ashanti again, I might just think about endorsing a fourth movie. She could come back as a zombie and they re-kill her very violently. I have a lot of disdain for that woman.
enigma89
archibaldleech
Posted 7:51 AM 2/7/08
Paul W.S. Anderson is a very good director. It's very unfortunate that he only directed the first one.
If he's signed on to direct this fourth Resident Evil movie, I have faith that it'll be good and be more like the "more horror/less mindless action" of the first movie that the two sequels just couldn't capture.
archibaldleech
D-Sovereignty
Posted 7:50 AM 2/7/08
They're good action movies, but that's it... they're nothing like the RE games though,... I hate this new style of RE 4 and the movies... I wish they would go back to the original RE survival horror style instead of this action/hollywood style they now are in.
Once Shinji Mikami left Capcom the Resident Evil style as we knew it changed...and I personally hate the change...
And don't get me wrong I thought RE 4 was a "decent" game but to me it felt absolutely nothing like a RE game, it was a fun action game...
Leon/Chris/Ada/Wesker all know kung fu now, Chris and leon are now the Incredible Hulk and can punch people 20 feet into the air across the room, Wesker with his magical powers, and Leon dodging through lazers while trying to save the presidents daughter... this is not RE.
Welp sorry for that rant folks =/
D-Sovereignty
Evil J
Posted 7:49 AM 2/7/08
I gotta admit that I was OK with the first one. Yes, it was a stretch, but it at least... I dunno, made some kind of sense in the whole story in that since it didn't include any of the characters from the games, it couldn't very well screw up the "canon" of the series.
Hell, I can even... well, no I can't stomach how crappily done Jill Valentine and the S.T.A.R.S. were done in the second one, and the obvious dummy head during the "Tyrant" transformation scene and the big rubber stupidity that was Tyrant made that just completely un-watchable...
But the third... what a complete masterpiece of garbage that was. Two words: Chairman Wesker.
I can already tell you what he means by "find a good Resident Evil 4": Find a script from somewhere on the cheap that somewhat fits the feel of the last one (I'm sure there are a bevy of post-corporation-created-apocalypse scripts floating around Hollywood like stubborn turds), hit ctrl+F to find character names and replace them, throw in some zombies and voila! You've got your movie.
Seriously, Anderson. Stop. You showed promise with Event Horizon, then blew all those points on shoddy, PG-13 not-quite-horror-not-quite-action flicks.
Evil J
ggodo
Posted 7:48 AM 2/7/08
@jfx316: Money?
ggodo
jfx316
Posted 7:47 AM 2/7/08
let me sum it up for everyone here: WHY?!?!
jfx316
Jorw
Posted 7:46 AM 2/7/08
What about Degeneration? I think that one has some potential. It's CG and it has Leon in it, so that's some win right there.
Jorw
D3m0n1k_Ang3l
Posted 7:46 AM 2/7/08
There only now thinking and talking about it?? was RE:E suppose to be the last one? and if so, then why did it end the way it did? from the way it ended, i was expecting another RE movie....
D3m0n1k_Ang3l
cowondinosaur
Posted 7:44 AM 2/7/08
@Gadzooks149: No, far from it. A good movie is a good movie is a good movie. A bad movie is a bad movie is a bad movie. It doesn't matter if a movie adaptation is faithful or not. I'd much rather that movies be good than faithful adaptations, especially when the source material are video games. A truly accurate video game to movie adaptation would almost certainly be terrible. It's very rare that story and dialog from a video game can actually be considered good; most scripts that gamers praise are pretty trashy when said aloud or when compared to a good movie or literary work; e.g. all of Xenogears. Even beyond that, the pacing and method in a video game is completely different from that of a movie. Yes, a 50-hour RPG could have great character development. That's piss easy. That's like saying you have to run a 24 mile marathon over the course of a month. However getting the same character development in a two hour movie? That would be brilliant.
So no, your assessment is probably more valid than an RE fan's opinion since you are less inclined to look for similarities of franchise with mediocre writing.
cowondinosaur
QuasarSquirrel
Posted 7:41 AM 2/7/08
@QuasarSquirrel: That's how I'd end it anyway....
QuasarSquirrel
timotei360
Posted 7:40 AM 2/7/08
I demand more jumpsuit zombies in a box.
timotei360
QuasarSquirrel
Posted 7:40 AM 2/7/08
@Green-clad Gamer Dude: +1 for Degeneration looks like it has promise.
QuasarSquirrel
QuasarSquirrel
Posted 7:38 AM 2/7/08
@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino: everybody dies, horribly, but milla gets naked.
QuasarSquirrel
TheDollHouse
Posted 7:38 AM 2/7/08
How about I just lie down and just let them shit on my face because that's what this movie going to be be like if the make it.
TheDollHouse
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 7:38 AM 2/7/08
I just want to see Resident Evil: Degeneration.
RE CGI movies canon to game series > Regular RE movies.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Garo
Posted 7:38 AM 2/7/08
No please don't my heart will break apart :(
Garo
QuasarSquirrel
Posted 7:38 AM 2/7/08
I liked 1 and 2, they weren't great but entertaining at least. 3 was just painful, I couldn't even come close to suspending my disbelief, there were too many things that made me say "WTF, wait a second here..."
QuasarSquirrel
Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
Posted 7:37 AM 2/7/08
Someone spoil this cliffhanger ending for me so i dont have to watch that crap....
Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
GorbyGipper
Posted 7:37 AM 2/7/08
I thought the first and third were entertaining at least....not any sort of great works, but entertaining. Three, in particular, I thought had a cool vibe and was a good popcorn munching movie. The second one was just stupid beyond description, from what I remember.
GorbyGipper
laughingdog
Posted 7:37 AM 2/7/08
never liked the movies ever since 1, and the more they make the worse it gets. This is how a resident evil movie should be done:
+ Watch video
laughingdog
summerdrone
Posted 7:36 AM 2/7/08
The first one was average, but at least watchable. Apocalypse, however, was one of the most godawful things I've ever seen. Still haven't seen Extinction for myself, but if what I've read of it is true, it somehow manages to be even worse than the last one.
I'd hope Anderson would spare us by not making another one, but seeing as they actually turn a profit, that's apparently not likely.
summerdrone
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 7:35 AM 2/7/08
@DukeOfPwn: I haven't seen any of the RE films save for what I remember of the first one (since they all look horrid) but that Alaskan idea reminds me of a book, "World War Z" by Max Brooks. He also wrote "The Zombie Survival Guide". IF you love zombies as much as I, both are worth the read. World War Z provides a realistic (well as realistic as zombie scenerios go) of a zombie outbreak. It will make you think that the Alaska haven idea isn't that far off..lol.
NeVeRMoRe666
pandafresh
Posted 7:34 AM 2/7/08
If we could find a good 'Resident Evil 4' to make, then we would do it,"
uhmmm...how about Resident Evil 4, i think that'd make sense. how about making something that slightly resembles the games?
pandafresh
quadrado
Posted 7:34 AM 2/7/08
RE Apocalypse, ended in a manner such as this:
- Sod the fact that were trying to escape a zombie infested complex... "The champions from east and west must unite fight and find out who is number one!!!!!" (a parody of the dialog)
this moment ( the fight between Alice and Nemesis), was one of the cheesiest moments recorded on film...please Mr.Paul W.S. Anderson stop violating the franchise...or even better stop making films...
P.S.: I still can't process the chick flying in the air kicking zombie dog's ass in the first movie... i just can't..
quadrado
Silent Predator
Posted 7:33 AM 2/7/08
Here's an idea: have it set during the second movie, focusing on a separate group of survivors. Also, here's a crazy idea: make it a horror movie instead of an action flick.
Silent Predator
Replica23
Posted 7:32 AM 2/7/08
I actually liked the first RE flick, even though it wasn't really RE. The second one is bad for a number of reasons and the third flick held no interest for me when I tried to watch it. That said you could do a whole lot worse I suppose.
Replica23
excel_excel
Posted 7:31 AM 2/7/08
@NattyIce: what are you, Darth Vader?
Hey the Resi movies are always medicore, you gotta respect them for never reaching for the stars and saying 'were going to make a crappy movie!' TO MEDIOCRITY!
They should totally do a Resi 4 movie though and have Antonio Banderas play Luis! Sure it'll probably suck like all the other movies but c'mon, its Antonio frickin Banderas!
excel_excel
tomsamson
Posted 7:30 AM 2/7/08
i remember that i liked some scenes in the third one that gave me a bit of a mad max vibe, then again i can´t remember the story at all which usually means it was so bad that my brain refused to associate anything with it so that it wasn´t stored in any of the relational databases.
hm..
tomsamson
fourzerotwo
Posted 7:29 AM 2/7/08
I typically like most video game movies, even the so called "shitty ones", so I'd actually like to see another RE movie. I liked the first one, hated the 2nd one (despite having nemesis), and really liked the 3rd one for what it was.
I hope they do make another. Anytime I can pay $11 to see zombies, shotguns, and clone killing. Then I'm a happy movie goer.
fourzerotwo
DukeOfPwn
Posted 7:29 AM 2/7/08
@Gadzooks149: It goes the other way for me. 1 was horrid, 2 was OK, and 3 was very good. I think the whole "Let's go to Alaska, because it will be safe" thing was retarded, but I'm always strangely compelled whenever Milla Jovovich is kicking zombie dogs.
DukeOfPwn
Kadugen
Posted 7:28 AM 2/7/08
awww crap, this is not going to end well at all. Looks like the only way to kill this movie is Uwe Boll.
Kadugen
DigitalHero
Posted 7:28 AM 2/7/08
Nepotism.
Paul W.S. Anderson is engaged and has a daugther with Milla Jovoich. I'm sure he wants to keep her working no matter how crappy the material is!
DigitalHero
Mikazukinoyaiba
Posted 7:27 AM 2/7/08
The first was alright, but really it was on the same level as your typical Sci-Fi channel movie.
I saw the second one and hated it, didn't make sense. Didn't bother touching the third.
I'd like to see them make a faithful movie of Resident Evil 4, but then again RE4 pretty much played just like a movie so that would be unnecessary.
Mikazukinoyaiba
perrinbar
Posted 7:27 AM 2/7/08
I'd just like to point out that I'm tired of Paul T Anderson riding on the coattails of his much better namesake Paul W.S. Anderson. Let's see a remake of There Will Be Blood with Mila Jovovich as Daniel Plainview. "I drink your multipass!"
perrinbar
uppitycracker
Posted 7:26 AM 2/7/08
more naked mila is the only thing that'll get me to see this. the last 2 were sooo terrible, and the first just mediocre.
uppitycracker
ghostadv
Posted 7:26 AM 2/7/08
The first was meh, it was at least entertaining but the second one just plain sucked, and it's obvious they had a budget too! After that, I just don't want to see the 3rd one and I probably never will.
ghostadv
ggodo
Posted 7:24 AM 2/7/08
Huh, I came here to see an interesting discussion on a topic I know little about, only to find that there are no comments yet, and the page won't let me refresh. Maybe if I comment, magic will happen.
ggodo
Gadzooks149
Posted 7:24 AM 2/7/08
1 was ok, 2 got a bit worse... 3 was HORRID.
I've also never played a RE all the way through, so that prolly invalidates my thinking on the first 2.
Gadzooks149
Pezdispenser
Posted 7:24 AM 2/7/08
For the love of god, they should just quit while they're behind.
Pezdispenser
NattyIce
Posted 7:24 AM 2/7/08
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NattyIce
Gypse-scum
Posted 9:05 AM 2/7/08
@Sniper_Zegai: the fifth element and dazed and confused. i didn't even have to use IMDB
Gypse-scum
Gypse-scum
Posted 9:04 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty:i have many mixed feelings about RE4. i think it's one of if the best action game ever made, but it's not really the resident evil of old. the survival horror genre is one of the best, so of my favourite game are survival horror (Silent Hill 1 and 2, and resident evil 2 and code veronica) but now much like PC gaming it on it's way out the door in large part because of RE4
Gypse-scum
D-Sovereignty
Posted 9:04 AM 2/7/08
@Sniper_Zegai:
she was in The Fifth Element and that was pretty good, but I go agree the RE movies suck.
D-Sovereignty
Sniper_Zegai
Posted 9:00 AM 2/7/08
Hasn't that bastard done enough damage? Its thanks to ass-hats like Anderson that the non-game playing public and critics think video games shouldn't be considered an art form when all they have for comparison is movies like Resident Evil.
All this so he can give his fucking girlfriend a part in the bloody film, name any other film Milla Jovovich has been in. . .seriously? . . . . . . .I thought so.
Sniper_Zegai
Gypse-scum
Posted 8:56 AM 2/7/08
@Gypse-scum: *there was lasers. i'm starting to see why you people hate the lack on an edit button..
Gypse-scum
Gypse-scum
Posted 8:54 AM 2/7/08
i saw the first one when it came out on video. i was like 13 or 14 or something i kinda liked it cause the was lasers and you get to see mila jovavitchs(I'm i even close to spelling that right?) breast at one point. now i don't really care for them, the movies that is. i always up for seeing mila's boobies
Gypse-scum
gcZanmato
Posted 8:53 AM 2/7/08
*groan* Did the first three not suck enough that they need a fourth? The crap has been laid, stepped in and smeared, what are they gonna do next?
gcZanmato
Kanik
Posted 8:45 AM 2/7/08
The whole super powered Mila is what really did it for me. Then the whole cloning thing, ya, that was the final nail in the coffin.
Don't get me wrong, staring into a security camera while everyone around you (except the evil scientist) begins to bleed from their eyes - that's a neat scene. But that belongs in a whole separate film series. (Carrie)
I honestly can't imagine the series going anywhere and being faithful to the games, even remotely. Killing off close to the entire world's population doesn't help.
Kanik
jfx316
Posted 8:44 AM 2/7/08
@ggodo: then damn you, money!!!! damn you!!
jfx316
Gunmetal_Grey
Posted 8:43 AM 2/7/08
What happened to that Resident Evil: Degeneration? A CGI film to be done by Capcom, starring Leon Kennedy?
Was that a fake, or is it still going? =/
Gunmetal_Grey
D-Sovereignty
Posted 8:41 AM 2/7/08
@pikachumariachi:
Yeah I know, I meant to say once Hiroshi Shibata left the RE 4 Capcom team. I liked his version of the game more before Shinji changed it, I had the two names confused and backwards in my head for some reason.
D-Sovereignty
pikachumariachi
Posted 8:36 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty: Dude, Shinji Mikami directed RE4, he left when the ported it to PS2. And why does anyone care so much about franchise fidelity? Theye made RE 4 ver different, but they also made one of the best games of all time with it. Also, I think you're all really whiny, the RE movies (except the second one) are good popcorn fun. Hell, they also work as comedies if you can take in all the campyness, I exceptionally enjoyed the third one just by turning my brain off. (Although, yeah, the third one shouldn't even be called Resident Evil, it doesn't even resemble by a slight bit any of the games)
pikachumariachi
Silent Predator
Posted 8:33 AM 2/7/08
@TaggarT6: They had a kid?
Why, Milla? WHY?!
Silent Predator
ShnitzelsBelgianROFLs
Posted 7:34 AM 2/7/08
as mediocre as the series is...i wouldnt mind seeing a 4th film
i just saw the 3rd movie an as mediocre as all 3 movies are...they are better than uwe boll's mess
ShnitzelsBelgianROFLs
Devil240Z
Posted 7:31 AM 2/7/08
god god not another RE flick. with each successive film I pray that they get better and they only make inches worth of progress. With how mercilessly they butchered the original storyline I don't think that they can fix it with out starting from scratch.
Devil240Z
Gypse-scum
Posted 9:46 AM 2/7/08
@Gypse-scum: *that should have been made
Gypse-scum
Gypse-scum
Posted 9:46 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty: my friend sent me that awhile ago. i remember telling him i thought thats the game that should be made i think he agreed sorta.
Gypse-scum
D-Sovereignty
Posted 9:39 AM 2/7/08
@Gypse-scum:
Yeah, this is gameplay of what it was suppose to be
+ Watch video
But shinji changed it to what it is today.
@D-Sovereignty:
I had Shinji and Hiroshi's names confused with each other in this post so I apologize if I confused anyone when I mentioned Shinji in it, I meant to say "When Hiroshi left the RE 4 team, the style of RE changed as we know it"
D-Sovereignty
BodyOfTheMany
Posted 9:34 AM 2/7/08
wow...imagine a video game movie that was kinda like the game it was based on. you may call me a dreamer...
BodyOfTheMany
adragonfang18
Posted 9:32 AM 2/7/08
Cant we try Geroge Romer's direction instead of anderson? George hase been in the zombie movie buisness longer.
adragonfang18
Master_Achilles
Posted 9:30 AM 2/7/08
All of these movies were horrible. I really hope they don't make another.
Master_Achilles
CPRxChris
Posted 9:25 AM 2/7/08
Please don't.
CPRxChris
Gypse-scum
Posted 9:24 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty: that was the creppy looking one were leon was fighting some mist or something right?
Gypse-scum
MonsterMan
Posted 9:22 AM 2/7/08
Another "Resident Evil" flick? Ugh. No.
Here's hoping we someday see a LEFT 4 DEAD movie! Now that would be cool. About time for a fresh zombie game film franchise anyway. I think L4D would fit that bill perfectly.
Just saying. :)
MonsterMan
D-Sovereignty
Posted 9:17 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty:
do* agree
@Gypse-scum:
Yeah I know I thought it was a decent action game myself. I'm just really bitter that Shinji Mikami the man who created Resident Evil is also the one to help destroy it. They should of just stuck with Hiroshi Shibata's version of RE 4 and i'm sure most of the older hardcore RE fans would still love RE and not call it a action game.
D-Sovereignty
Arklop
Posted 9:14 AM 2/7/08
3 wasn't good, but it wasn't really that bad. We were just misled by the trailer into thinking the majority of the film would take place in a desert covered Las Vegas when that location covered less than 10 minutes of the film.
Arklop
_Ted_
Posted 9:12 AM 2/7/08
"I love the 'Resident Evil' franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can."
Oh really because I couldn't tell by the way you RAPED THEM!!!!
All of those shity movies are an abomination fuck a new one.
_Ted_
Thorax
Posted 10:04 AM 2/7/08
@D-Sovereignty: I'm torn on this, because I can agree, I would like a more horror focused RE game. I also despised the tank controls in the former games with a white hot intensity.
Thorax
KeroseneClimax
Posted 10:01 AM 2/7/08
I've only seen Apocalypse in theaters and the rest on cable. I've never bought the DVD's, and I could barely stomach that post-apocalyptic tripe Extinction. I've never made an effort to bitch about the films, because I've taken them all with a grain of salt for the most part. Though, I can see why some people feel like the films are a huge punch to the groin for those who loved the games, but what can you do? They want to make more, let them, but I won't be breaking my ass to watch them.
I'm a huge fan of Resident Evil (surprising, I know), but I don't entirely hate or like the films. The first Resident Evil film is completely watchable, just as long as you disassociate it from the games and lower your quality standards just to take in the film for what it is: A zombie movie. Resident Evil: Apocalypse was an all right attempt to win over fans of the game, but Christ was it sickening to watch because you're a fan of the games. And lastly, Resident Evil: Extinction just wasn't good. I didn't hate them enough to pick up my torch and want to burn Anderson's home down, but I've certainly had my fill.
I'm not upset, but I refuse to pay attention to anymore of this fan-fiction with a million dollar budget. I know adaptations aren't going to be an exact word-for-word moment-by-moment replica of the source material, but these films just took creative liberties a little too far.
You see, Transformers gets a pass because there is no "true" Transformers storyline (put your hands down G1 fans), so you can make your own storyline, with it's own continuity, without showing favoritism to one group of fans of one particular series. It's the spirit of Transformers that's always mattered, regardless if you're a G1 fan or Armada fan. Whether the films were good or not is a matter of opinion.
Now with Resident Evil, the storyline is fairly linear and the stories all connect to each other in some way. Yeah, the narrative of RE isn't going to be winning any awards for being a product of literary genius, but it's still consistent and enjoyable. I'd understand if certain plot points were changed for the sake of improving the writing, but how is omitting necessary characters (Chris Redfield), changing others completely (Carlos, Claire, etc.) and their roles (Nicholai, Jill, etc.), and adding a Mary Sue of a protagonist needed? That's just some things that irked me. What would make a good Resident Evil film is impossible to determine, but I'd like to believe keeping the characters as they are while adding new layers to them would be a good start. Just because characters lack good characterization in one medium, doesn't mean they can't be improved without loosing their core personality and roles in another.
I'm not going to rip on the films writers, but they did nothing to fix what was already broken and just came off as pretentious because they thought their characters and story would somehow make better rounded characters and plot then the originals, when in actuality, they were just as shallow (L.J, anyone?). So we're left with shallow nobodies taking roles of characters that should be in their place and a story that's just as forgettable as almost any zombie film not made by George A. Romero after 1985. Guess I'll stay for something I've never seen before: violence and wire physics. Yes, those are obviously the main draw if you liked the games.
I can't wait to watch the next Superman film that doesn't have Superman. I wonder how many people will be cool with that. Sure, it'll look like Superman, and probably be enjoyable, but the Big-S is only a side character to some random dude made out of thin-air, and that's only going to be in the second film because he's not even going to be in the first.
Ah, screw it. At least the films had decent music, weren't comedic, had naked Milla Jovovich and they did help inspire the epic laser scene in Resident Evil 4...and in Umbrella Chronicles, and nothing I write is going to turn back the pendulum, so in short: They make 4, I'll wait for it to come out on cable...or watch Degeneration. Problem solved. I just had to put in my two-cents while the topic was in front of me.
KeroseneClimax
Houjutsu
Posted 10:00 AM 2/7/08
Please, god no the first one was all I liked and even then it was pretty mediocre.
Houjutsu
chucklebuck
Posted 9:56 AM 2/7/08
I love these movies. But then again, I don't really care about the games, so that probably makes a huge difference. To me, they're just stupid post-apocalyptic action movies that are a good time for a couple hours.
chucklebuck
KeroseneClimax
Posted 10:51 AM 2/7/08
@Gypse-scum: way to be snide smart ass.
KeroseneClimax
Gypse-scum
Posted 10:33 AM 2/7/08
@KeroseneClimax: way to write a book smarty pants
Gypse-scum
weirdkidinabox
Posted 11:12 AM 2/7/08
O rly? I watched the third movie last night and for some reason I have a vain hope that anytime I watch it will get better. Much the same with the other disastrous incoherent pieces of trash that were released under the guise of Resident Evil. Paul WS Anderson is a hack artist- he claimed for ages before the first kicked off he was a huge fan of the games, this was obvious by his complete disregard for the plot and the fact that he just lifted random pieces of the games (which he probably found on wikipedia) and threw into some kind of plot that made sense in his semi retarded brain. Its a fluke of nature he actually survived long enough to make movies- but please god, doing a 4th movie would be like slicing a dog to iddy bits while it is still alive and then poking it a few times... then screaming "surprise" having sex with it and poking it a bit more with a bowie knife.
PS: is it just me or does every one of the RE movies end up with Alice (who the f*** is alive btw) going off to finish the evil Umbrella corp once and for all... and dont even start me on the plot holes in those "movies"...
GAWD RUIN MY NIGHT WITH THIS NEWS !
weirdkidinabox
Vidril
Posted 11:11 AM 2/7/08
OR, they could actually make Res 4 based on Res 4. :p
Vidril
mAaron
Posted 11:04 AM 2/7/08
+ Watch video
this is what i'm talking about
mAaron
mAaron
Posted 11:03 AM 2/7/08
@Evil J: Jill looked just like she did in RE3: Nemesis, and the STARS members looked freakin exactly like they did in the original...
+ Watch video
and Tyrant was in the third film...Nemesis was in the second
...don't ask me how i remember that...i'm not sure I want to know...
mAaron
mAaron
Posted 10:53 AM 2/7/08
i think the Resident Evil series is pretty spot on, and i enjoy them...
are they "good movies"? i wouldn't say so...
but watching them is definitely reminiscent of back in the day when my brother and i first saw the opening live-action cinematic to the first Resident Evil on PSX...
everyone still remembers that these games are supposed to be kind of hammy and corny right?
...right?
mAaron
TurtleSoup
Posted 11:29 AM 2/7/08
I thought the first one was good and true enough to the franchise. The second one was bad apart from the bit in the school and church where I thought for a second it might get better. The third one was slightly better than the second overall and more watchable but not even close to the first.
If they care about the franchise they should give it to the guy who did Silent Hill but pair him with a slightly more aggressive editor. I'd love to see a film based on Resident Evil 4...
TurtleSoup
James, just James
Posted 12:17 PM 2/7/08
all you guys who bash these movies because they're not like the game crack me up. If movies stayed REALLY true to the game, like for instance "a Code: Veronica flick, utterly faithful to the game, Ashfords and bug jewels and the whole nine yards" IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE to watch!!!
What they've done with the Resident Evil movies is taken some elemtns from the stories of the games and tried to make entertaining, watchable films based on that. Am I alone in liking these movies?
James, just James
Black_Ops_19
Posted 12:02 PM 2/7/08
The could always throw away the last 3 movies and "...a Code: Veronica flick, utterly faithful to the game, Ashfords and bug jewels and the whole nine yards." After that last "turd" they left me with, this would be the only thing to get me in the theater.
~19
Black_Ops_19
Murderdolls
Posted 11:50 AM 2/7/08
@uppitycracker: That chick looks disgusting
Murderdolls
Vecha
Posted 12:45 PM 2/7/08
I wish they would make RE games more close to the games....at least with the same plot/characters...
RE 1:at the mansion
RE 2:in the city with Leon
RE 3:In the city with Jill
RE 4: Code veronica
Re 5: Just like RE 4 the video game...
That would be great...
Vecha
Kanik
Posted 12:35 PM 2/7/08
@James, just James: Yes. You're the only person ever to like the Resident Evil movies.
You make the whole world crack up, your existence actually threatens the fabric of time and space because if the whole world laughs at you at the same time (very possible) the roaring laughter will shatter reality. (Think Superboy shatter reality.)
Kanik
Zero_Beat
Posted 1:42 PM 2/7/08
Mortal Kombat is a movie I still kinda like, even though the special effects haven't held up so well. Snakes on a Plane was a blast, as long as you remember to turn off your brain. If he manages to capture the fun of those two movies again, I'd go see it.
Zero_Beat
Fireblast
Posted 5:20 PM 2/7/08
It's called Resident Evil Degeneration. And it won't suck because it takes place after 4 and before 5.
Fireblast
aiko.adonia
Posted 5:17 PM 2/7/08
i kinda liked the RE movies but i think i'm just drunk with RE fangirl-ism when I say/think that. i'm sure if they weren't branded RE movies than i wouldn't feel the same way about them.
aiko.adonia
GogolGants
Posted 5:01 PM 2/7/08
In the middle of the last film she spontaneously develops telekinesis. I love it when movies keep me on my toes like that. No, really.
@KeroseneClimax said: "At least the films had naked Milla Jovovich"
That can only be considered a positive if you like "boy-chest".
GogolGants
coladict
Posted 5:25 PM 2/7/08
Sweeeet.
I haven't played the RE games, but the movies are damn good. I'd sure like another one.
coladict
Fireblast
Posted 7:00 PM 2/7/08
@KeroseneClimax: I can tell you are a RE fan because Jill is your avatar. You make some good points. You are forgetting one thing to add more to your arguement, fan service. Look what happened to Spider-Man 3, it tried to please so many people that it became a very bad film.
Fireblast
hoezee
Posted 10:28 PM 2/7/08
Got to admit, I don't give a crap about the movie if Jovovich is in the lead. The reason I didn't like the second one, is because it was so dark, I could barely see her!
haha, just put Milla on the poster.
hoezee
Enigma_20XX
Posted 1:34 AM 3/7/08
@Mikazukinoyaiba:
Not a fan, but I already know one problem these movies had... the same that AVP had once...
HOW THE HELL DO YOU SCARE ANYONE WITH A PG 13 MOVIE?
Enigma_20XX
eastx
Posted 6:54 PM 4/7/08
I liked the first two movies well enough, but the third is so like and unlike RE at the same time, it's hard to take. Plus the zombies looked like butt in that one.
eastx
dny
Posted 1:20 AM 3/7/08
I honestly thought #3 was a great flick
dny
cephun
Posted 11:24 AM 2/7/08
for those of you that did not watch the third, you should watch for this reason only!!.........ZOMBIE CROWS!!! nuff said.
cephun
Darien_Shields
Posted 8:50 AM 7/7/08
I hope they don't make a 4 because "Resident Evil 4" will always be a fantastic game for me, I don't want to say it and make people think of a god awful film.
Hate Milla Jovovich to death. To. Death.
(also, giggling like a schoolgirl at the delicious CGI Advent-Children style flick with Leon that we got a trailer of. Will make up for no Leon in RE5)
Darien_Shields
zkillz
Posted 4:28 AM 8/7/08
i enjoyed the RE movies :[
zkillz